50 important topics for a QA Manual Testing

Here are 50 important topics for a QA (Manual Testing) interview, especially useful for 2–3 years of experience:


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1. SDLC


2. STLC


3. Test Case


4. Test Scenario


5. Test Plan


6. Test Strategy


7. Types of Testing


8. Functional Testing


9. Non-Functional Testing


10. Smoke Testing


11. Sanity Testing


12. Regression Testing


13. Retesting


14. Exploratory Testing


15. Ad-hoc Testing


16. Boundary Value Analysis (BVA)


17. Equivalence Partitioning (EP)


18. Decision Table Testing


19. State Transition Testing


20. Compatibility Testing


21. Usability Testing


22. Performance Testing


23. Load Testing


24. Stress Testing


25. Alpha Testing


26. Beta Testing


27. UAT (User Acceptance Testing)


28. Defect Life Cycle


29. Severity vs Priority


30. Bug Reporting Tools (JIRA, Bugzilla)


31. Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM)


32. Entry and Exit Criteria


33. Positive and Negative Testing


34. Manual Testing vs Automation Testing


35. Agile and Scrum Process


36. Daily Stand-up, Sprint Planning, Retrospective


37. Test Data Management


38. Test Environment Setup


39. Reproducibility of Bugs


40. Test Case Review Process


41. Handling Incomplete Requirements


42. Real-Time Project Workflows


43. Test Coverage


44. Risk-Based Testing


45. Peer Review in Testing


46. Client Communication


47. Testing Without Requirements


48. Backend Testing Basics (logs, DB validation)


49. Cross-Browser Testing


50. Mobile App Testing (Manual)




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